David Blatt

The team is working on a deal to hire Hornacek, a person with knowledge of the details told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

President of Basketball Operations Phil Jackson has had discussions with the former Phoenix Suns coach and there is mutual interest, but they have not begun negotiations on a contract, the person said on condition of anonymity because details of the coaching search are private.

Bleacher Report first reported that the Knicks would hire Hornacek.

The Knicks finished the season with Kurt Rambis as interim coach after Jackson fired Derek Fisher in February. Jackson also met with former...

Related "David Blatt" Articles

The New York Knicks want Jeff Hornacek as their next coach.
The team is working on a deal to hire Hornacek, a person with knowledge of the details told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
President of Basketball Operations Phil Jackson has had...

San Antonio's Gregg Popovich was humbled by his selection to coach the NBA's West All-Stars, even though Golden State has the best record in the conference.
And in the East, Tyronn Lue is already an All-Star coach.
The new Cleveland coach will lead...

LeBron James disdains the notion he's a coach killer.
Widely criticized in basketball circles for a perception that he pushed for Cleveland's front office to fire David Blatt last week, James said the criticism that he undercuts coaches is unfair.
...

One of the last things Fred Hoiberg tells the Bulls before they take the court each game is to have fun.
That element has appeared sporadically in this most head-scratching of seasons.
But on a Saturday night in which Tyronn Lue was supposed to inject...

One of Tyronn Lue's first moves as new Cavaliers coach may be changing his cell phone.
"I've had 800 or something text messages," a gracious and eloquent Lue said. "It was just overwhelming."
Lue, who played for seven teams during an...

Published in Chicago Tribune on January 24, 2016 — Print headline: "Cavs' Lue another Jackson disciple"

The Bulls' primetime showdown with the Cavaliers on Saturday received an extra injection of intrigue after Friday's stunning news that associate head coach Tyronn Lue replaced the fired David Blatt.
The prevailing reaction from the Bulls' locker room was...

Published in Chicago Tribune on January 23, 2016 — Print headline: "Lue's coaching debut to come against Bulls"

David Blatt's second NBA season seemed to be going better than his first. Now, it's over.
Blatt was fired Friday by the title-chasing Cavaliers, replaced by top assistant Tyronn Lue, said David Griffin, the team's general manager.
Griffin told reporters...

TV/radio: 7:30 p.m., ABC-7, WMVP-AM 1000.
Storylines: The start of the Tyronn Lue era after Friday's stunning news that the Cavaliers fired coach David Blatt. The Bulls won the first meeting between the teams on opening night in Chicago.
Trending: The...

Published in Chicago Tribune on January 23, 2016 — Print headline: "Bulls at Cavaliers"

The cynics will say that LeBron James fired David Blatt on Friday.
But that’s not true.
He fired him May 10.
Do you remember what transpired at the United Center that afternoon? James flexed his ginormous muscles and capped Blatt at the knees.
With...

The wife of PGA champion Jason Day is suffering from concussion symptoms after NBA star LeBron James crashed into her during a Cavaliers game.
Day's agent, Bud Martin, issued a statement Friday morning saying Ellie Day "is resting...

OAKLAND, Calif. — Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving has a fractured left knee cap and will have surgery that will end his season.
The Cavaliers said Friday that an MRI exam at Stanford Sports Medicine Clinic revealed the injury and that Irving's projected...

The Cavaliers had plenty of excuses to fold.
LeBron James shot only 7 of 23 Thursday night, including 0 of 4 on 3-pointers. Kyrie Irving spent most of the game in the locker room or on the bench with an ice wrap on his left knee. The Cavs missed their...

LeBron James set up his sensational Game 5 performance with a foreshadowing comment after Game 4.
"If I get one game where I shoot 50 percent," he said, "we might be able to do some things."
James shot 40.9 percent against the...

WESTLAKE, Ohio -- Police say Cavaliers forward Kendrick Perkins got into a verbal altercation with his wife on the side of a road.
A 911 caller told police Perkins and his wife, Vanity, were "fighting" by their car on Wednesday morning. When...

Upon further review, the end of Sunday's Game 4 between the Bulls and the Cavaliers created plenty of discussion.
Beyond LeBron James' game-winning jumper, the final seconds were replayed and rehashed multiple times thanks to Cavaliers coach David...

Moments after being saved from a blunder that would have left him synonymous with Chris Webber — plus whoever failed to give the ball to "Beast Mode" at the end of the Super Bowl — Cavaliers coach David Blatt stood outside the Cavaliers'...

LeBron James' four MVP awards, 11 All-Star appearances and two NBA titles have brought him more than fame, money and respect. He has veto power, and he used it with 1.5 seconds to play Sunday.
Given a bonus timeout as the result of a replay review,...

As Derrick Rose's layup settled through the basket to tie Game 4 with 9.4 seconds left Sunday, Cavaliers coach David Blatt signaled for a timeout.
One problem: The Cavaliers didn't have one.
Associate head coach Tyronn Lue walked toward and pulled Blatt...

Frustration unlikely to fade for years consumed Taj Gibson at his locker Sunday after Cavaliers star LeBron James hit a fadeaway, 21-foot baseline jumper at the buzzer to beat the Bulls 86-84 at the United Center and suck the life out of a city.
A...

Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving would have preferred to keep his lingering right foot injury a mystery.
Coach David Blatt let that secret out after Game 3 against the Bulls.
"I kept it to myself, kept it within the team," Irving said. "I...